Review of The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) by Chads. — 25 Jul 2008
Only Scully(Gillian Anderson), and Scully alone, can broach the subject of Mulder's sister to the ex-FBI agent. Fearing that Mulder(David Duchovny) may still be feeling the effects of cabin fever, Scully orientates him to the here and now, so when he leaves with the field agents to help locate a missing girl, it doesn't turn into a wild goose chase, conducted on synchronous time.
Because Mulder loves Scully, no offense is taken by her implicit suggestion that he possesses an omnipresent mind. And because Scully is probably the most important person in Mulder's life, he lets the obvious go unspoken; that Dana Scully's return to practicing medicine is the act of a tortured soul.
Mulder, he knows. He's been there. He's still there. Since "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" knows its characters intimately, fans surmise that Dana is seeking the approval of her father, albeit posthmously.
In an episode from Season One called "Beyond the Sea"(featuring a great performance by Brad Dourif), Scully loses her father, and is aggreived by his unspoken disappointment that her departure from the medical profession in order to join the FBI caused him great consternation.
She wants out. She wants to remain in the light. So Mulder goes into the darkness alone, but Scully is his dark light, and Mulder is hers. To quote Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather: Part III(I Want to Recast my Daughter's Part)", "Just when I thought that I was out, they pull me back in.
" Thankfully, "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" is smaller in scale than the first film. Throughout its nine-year run on the Fox network, we saw enough signs of alien life and government conspiracies.
Signs of love, that's what longtime fans want.
This review of The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) was written by Chads. on 25 Jul 2008.
The X-Files: I Want to Believe has generally received mixed reviews.
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